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[it's vi's turn to be taken aback, and this comes as a second blow - the first had seen her off to drink herself senseless - a mistake, she finds - but she'd been (mostly) proud of her restraint. surely several rounds of drinks would dull the edges of the shame, disappointment and disgust that circled the edges of that pride - and it had.

she'd drank until she could not remember why she had started in the first place, until she had all but forgotten her name ...only to remember everything again, with a splitting headache, a raw stomach, and ...this message.

it sends her heaving again, nothing left to come up - but she's ended up with a mouthful of bitterness nonetheless.

the hangover passes, but the bitterness lingers. needles at her and steals the little sleep she tries to get. because in truth, she wants to know.

it's a branch extended but dripping with poison, it seems. (how could he not know? how it sounded. what he'd said. the words he chose, and probably so carefully, too. the wounds they would cause. what he'd done.)

(why)

but she can't ruin what she'd started, and it's a few hours before she replies. the reply itself takes longer to type.]

I will. You can count on it. I never got to thank you properly for the all expenses paid vacation. Maybe it's fate, because I never got to thank you either.

[sink]

You're welcome. 🙂

[ He doesn't usually use or even really understand emoji, he's just copying her text to him.

He's probably going to get punched in the face, and deserve it, but it will be worth it. ]